Melissa Gregg
@melgregg.bsky.social
Professor of Digital Futures at the University of Bristol and sustainability advisor at Meta Reality Labs. On loan from lutruwita/ Tasmania. https://melgregg.com
Pinned
In the Nov-Dec issue of ACM-Interactions, I summarize ongoing discussions with @digitaldang.bsky.social and others working on the regional contours of electronics afterlives. interactions.acm.org/archive/view...
A bit of Tassie history
November 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
A bit of Tassie history
Futurama was Bell Geddes’ remarkable design for GM at the 1939 World’s Fair. The work of building giddy expectations for a fossil fuel century. Again from Roland Marchand’s “Creating the Corporate Soul”.
November 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Futurama was Bell Geddes’ remarkable design for GM at the 1939 World’s Fair. The work of building giddy expectations for a fossil fuel century. Again from Roland Marchand’s “Creating the Corporate Soul”.
This in every museum and gallery! changethestorychangethefuture.com
Change The Story Change The Future
An Indigenous AR Intervention At The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
changethestorychangethefuture.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This in every museum and gallery! changethestorychangethefuture.com
Intrigued by Al Gore's indefatigable commitment to just keep on communicating about climate: climatetrace.org/about
Climate TRACE
We make meaningful climate action faster and easier by mobilizing the global tech community to track greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with unprecedented detail.
climatetrace.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Intrigued by Al Gore's indefatigable commitment to just keep on communicating about climate: climatetrace.org/about
Note to self as I head outdoors for the rest of the day www.nationalacademies.org/news/2024/09....
www.nationalacademies.org
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Note to self as I head outdoors for the rest of the day www.nationalacademies.org/news/2024/09....
Brian R. Jacobson delivers an exquisite lecture on environmental impacts of media - and alternative imaginaries beyond oil youtu.be/24FcbPZWohs?...
Sustainable Media: Lessons from Film History
YouTube video by Distinctive Voices
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Brian R. Jacobson delivers an exquisite lecture on environmental impacts of media - and alternative imaginaries beyond oil youtu.be/24FcbPZWohs?...
In the Nov-Dec issue of ACM-Interactions, I summarize ongoing discussions with @digitaldang.bsky.social and others working on the regional contours of electronics afterlives. interactions.acm.org/archive/view...
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
In the Nov-Dec issue of ACM-Interactions, I summarize ongoing discussions with @digitaldang.bsky.social and others working on the regional contours of electronics afterlives. interactions.acm.org/archive/view...
The “white-collar chill” www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Don’t blame AI for your job woes
The white-collar chill has more to do with the economy than with tech
www.economist.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:33 AM
The “white-collar chill” www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Concepts worth learning at this moment in time: hydroclimate whiplash and the atmospheric sponge. youtu.be/hLexkPPqo1E
Climate Change through the Lens of Increasing Hydroclimate Whiplash
YouTube video by Distinctive Voices
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Concepts worth learning at this moment in time: hydroclimate whiplash and the atmospheric sponge. youtu.be/hLexkPPqo1E
Irony of watching a talk on energy use in silicon wafer production with so many AI generated illustrations of sustainable chip production
November 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Irony of watching a talk on energy use in silicon wafer production with so many AI generated illustrations of sustainable chip production
Heading to Glasgow today for the first REACT conference focused on Responsible Electronics and Circular Technologies www.react.ac.uk/conference
1st International Conference on Responsible Electronics (REACT)
The REACT 1st International Conference on Responsible Electronics and Circular Technologies will be held on 11-12 November, 2025 in Glasgow
www.react.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Heading to Glasgow today for the first REACT conference focused on Responsible Electronics and Circular Technologies www.react.ac.uk/conference
This article really reminds me of doing fieldwork in China, where I became so much more aware of cultural norms about attention, and the corporate interests involved in being the “first” rather than “second” screen. on.ft.com/3WGv5f1
Spotify and Netflix perfected the business of distraction — and now we’re paying the price
Music and film open us up to new ways of seeing the world — but the streaming giants offer lonely visions of culture
on.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This article really reminds me of doing fieldwork in China, where I became so much more aware of cultural norms about attention, and the corporate interests involved in being the “first” rather than “second” screen. on.ft.com/3WGv5f1
Turn the volume up!! (Unless we’re talking fireworks on Guy Fawkes night 😩) youtu.be/zOlUtEz5-_Q?...
Zohran Mamdani elected as New York City’s first Muslim mayor in historic win
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Turn the volume up!! (Unless we’re talking fireworks on Guy Fawkes night 😩) youtu.be/zOlUtEz5-_Q?...
Reposted by Melissa Gregg
I was recently invited to present my thoughts on the role of universities in the #climate crisis
Several audience members asked that I share my slides, so I've decided to post them here too as an open resource
I'd love any feedback, & for you to share examples of projects & best practice.
Long 🧵😊
Several audience members asked that I share my slides, so I've decided to post them here too as an open resource
I'd love any feedback, & for you to share examples of projects & best practice.
Long 🧵😊
October 26, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I was recently invited to present my thoughts on the role of universities in the #climate crisis
Several audience members asked that I share my slides, so I've decided to post them here too as an open resource
I'd love any feedback, & for you to share examples of projects & best practice.
Long 🧵😊
Several audience members asked that I share my slides, so I've decided to post them here too as an open resource
I'd love any feedback, & for you to share examples of projects & best practice.
Long 🧵😊
Very happy to be discovering the world of anti-speciesist AI www.openpaws.ai
Home - Open Paws
Ensuring the future of AI benefits all sentient beings. We are a nonprofit creating anti-speciesist artificial intelligence, providing free technical training to animal rights activist groups and help...
www.openpaws.ai
October 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Very happy to be discovering the world of anti-speciesist AI www.openpaws.ai
1920s DuPont advertisement equating chemical engineer with Prometheus
October 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
1920s DuPont advertisement equating chemical engineer with Prometheus
Part way through Roland Marchand’s sublime account of PR, Creating the Corporate Soul
October 24, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Part way through Roland Marchand’s sublime account of PR, Creating the Corporate Soul
"Don’t be funny. Boring is better" bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/aut...
Title Guidance
Advice on how to optimise the title of your article for search engines and readers
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"Don’t be funny. Boring is better" bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/aut...
The full program for today's event run by Chips Communities United, right in the middle of SemiCon West. Fascinating convergence of interests in AZ: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-semico...
The Semiconductor Con: The Dark Side of the Chip
A one-day conference on the semiconductor industry's impact on the environment and workers and how we can organize so it benefits all of us.
www.eventbrite.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The full program for today's event run by Chips Communities United, right in the middle of SemiCon West. Fascinating convergence of interests in AZ: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-semico...
Giving a talk today on the economic and ecological colonisation that continues to define Silicon Forest, inspired very much by the work of local Hillsboro archivists and historians who are trying to stave off environmental amnesia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR_F...
Remembering the Nez Perce Stories of Resilience and Heritage - A Dedication By Silas Whitman
YouTube video by Dirk Knudsen
www.youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Giving a talk today on the economic and ecological colonisation that continues to define Silicon Forest, inspired very much by the work of local Hillsboro archivists and historians who are trying to stave off environmental amnesia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR_F...
Reposted by Melissa Gregg
A reminder that this is happening online on Wednesday. More info and registration below
Online seminar in October, organised by Newcastle Youth Studies Centre, Australia - info and sign up here! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-materi...
The Materialities of Inequality: Mould, Acid and Glitter
How Stuff Matters
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
A reminder that this is happening online on Wednesday. More info and registration below
If I were a female cochineal right now, I would be quite worried www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
Walmart's removal of synthetic dyes could ripple through the food supply chain
Walmart says 90% of products from in-store brands are already free of these additives. But even a 10% change for a retailer as massive as Walmart can have a big effect on the industry
www.marketplace.org
October 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
If I were a female cochineal right now, I would be quite worried www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
Even now that we can apparently have superhuman co-workers, they still have to be advertised with attractive women www.agaton.ai
Agaton | AI-powered sales superiority
Agaton builds secure, domain-specific AI agents for sales teams introducing superhuman co-workers that help companies win.
www.agaton.ai
September 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Even now that we can apparently have superhuman co-workers, they still have to be advertised with attractive women www.agaton.ai
Another landmark in alienation as data eats the world: "Aalo’s approach reimagines the whole nuclear facility—reactors, turbine, containment, and balance-of-plant—as a single modular product built off-site." newsletter.mcj.vc/p/aalo-inves...
MCJ's Investment in Aalo
Extra-modular nuclear reactors for data centers
newsletter.mcj.vc
September 23, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Another landmark in alienation as data eats the world: "Aalo’s approach reimagines the whole nuclear facility—reactors, turbine, containment, and balance-of-plant—as a single modular product built off-site." newsletter.mcj.vc/p/aalo-inves...
The robots are still far too creepy youtu.be/cru2bkqwSYk?...
Silicon Valley’s Doing Hard Things Again
YouTube video by Asianometry
youtu.be
September 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The robots are still far too creepy youtu.be/cru2bkqwSYk?...